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ARBORETUM AND FRUTICETUM.

PART III.

on the tree in the Horticultural Society’s Garden (see Jig.2139.), nearly 1 in. long, and fin. broad; convex on the sides,imbricated, but not covered with resin. Leaves from 10 in. to1 ft. in length; glaucous in every stage of their growth, flexuose;and, when full-grown, partly bent downwards, as those shown infig. 2142. Sheaths above 1 in. in length, membranaceous, ash-brown, shining, and nearlyentire at the top,with numerous rings;scales of the cones, in the specimens sent home by Douglas, 2 in.long and If in. broad (see Jig. 2140.). Seeds (a in Jig. 2140., andb inyig.2141) above 1 in. long,and nearly Jin. broad,much largerthan those of P. Coulteri shown at a in Jig. 2141.; wing veryshort. Shoots of the current year covered with violet-colouredbloom, like those of P. inops, but darker. Native of California .

Description. Douglas describes the leaves as in threes, very rarely infours, from 11 in. to 14 in. long, sharp, round, and smooth on the outside,angular on the inside, serrated, more widely and conspicuously so towardsthe point, erect, but flaccid and drooping during winter ; sheath 1J in. long,light brown, chaffy, sometimes torn at the top. Stipules lanceolate andrigid. Male and female catkins erect. Flowers appearing in February andMarch. Conesof a bright greenwhen young; atthe end of thefirst season,measuring from6 in. to 8 in.round, and beingthen of a morerounded formthan they arewhen perfect, inthe Novemberof the followingyear ( see Jig.

2138.: when ma-ture, ovate, re-curved, pressingon the shootsfor support, inclusters of from3 to 9, surround-ing the stem;remaining on thetree for a series ofyears; and from

9 in. to 11 in. long, and from 16 in. to 18 in. round; some, however, are larger.Scales spathulate, 2J in. long, having a very strong, sharp, incurved point(see b in Jig. 2140.) with abundance of pellucid resin. Seeds (see a in Jig.2140 .) somewhat oblong, tapering to the base; flattish on the inside, 1 in.long, and nearly J in. broad; shell thick, hard, brown; wing yellow, short,stiff, and half the length of the seed, which it nearly encompasses; kernelpleasant to the taste. Cotyledons from 7 to 12. The tree does not attainquite so large a size as the other gigantic species of the genus, which inhabitthe northern and western parts of North America . The trees are of a taperingform, straight, and of regular growth ; from 40 ft. to 120 ft. in height, withtrunks from 2 ft. to 12 ft. in circumference (or, as Douglas states in his letterto Sir W. J. Hooker, from 110 ft. to 140 ft. in height, with trunks from 3 ft.to 12 ft. in diameter), clothed with branches to the ground when standing farapart or solitary. The largest and most handsome trees inhabit the aqueous

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